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PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… The Cathedral of St George the Martyr stands at the bottom of Parliament Street in Cape Town and was erected to provide a place of worship for English…
PlaceFunda Community College
… was founded in 1984 in Soweto, Gauteng with the support of private sector funding and built on land which was donated … closed its doors in the early 1980s,…
Nelson Mandela University presenting AEE REP qualification programme
… Nelson Mandela University will be hosting the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) qualification programme the … approved training partner for the Southern…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… (now Zimbabwe) in Southern Matabeleland. At the age of ten, Nkobi followed his father who was a migrant labourer … his education at Roma College (now…
Document 3 - National Anti-CAD Conference Agenda, Oddfellows Hall, Hope Street, Cape Town, Saturday, 29 May [1943]
… SESSION: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Registration of Delegates. 3 p.m. Opening Remarks by the … Measures are defeated. (c) Demands the extension of Full…
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
… This property forms part of the Rooihuiskraal Battlefield. where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place, on 12 February 1881 during the First War of…
Editorial on taxation, in November 10, 1884 [Extract]
… [Extract] What the effect of muzzling a race of people, used to settling differences and difficulties … enquire. We are concerned at present with the…
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
… to fight the Coloured Advisory Council and the beginnings of a Coloured Affairs Department. The Anti-C.A.D. gnashed the C.A.C. by using the boycott weapon:…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… in Cape Town in the Wynberg district, some 12 km east of Athlone in the Western Cape Province. Crossroads emerged … shelter. There were only a few houses. A…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… history in South Africa starts back at the beginning of the last century when my grandfather arrived at the shores of Cape Town as a penniless political and…
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… The gallery, Stevenson, was founded in 2003 after two of its founding directors Michael Stevenson and Andrew da … emphasis on publications. This addressed…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… King, Jr., 1962 In 1957, an unprecedented Declaration of Conscience was issued by more than 100 leaders from every … its policies into line with the…
PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… with the order, a White police officer pushed him out of the train, and his luggage was tossed out on to the … again, so I sat and shivered". He says he…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… UNESCO World Heritage Site , is a must-do on the itinerary of any tourist to Cape Town . Forget palm trees and … elected president – Nelson Mandela – spent…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… story Part 1: Our home is the Kalahari. We are the !Kung of Nyae Nyae. The Kalahari is a very big desert which takes up almost a third of southern Africa…
IX - The Doctors
… Accord to Professor lan Simpson, Biko passed the point of no return within six to eight hours after sustaining his … Lang, District Surgeon, Port Elizabeth…
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
… that when she was a young woman, just after the end of the First World War, she and her friends would walk hand … to give each other. Hiawatha by Henry…
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
… gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led to independence by Kwame Nkrumah who … colonialism. Before…
EventUnrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners
… at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local branch of the South Africa Students Movement (SASM). In retaliation … stoned the police…
EventVerwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… In a historic move, Wilhelm Verwoerd, grandson of former South African Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, main architect of apartheid, joins the African…
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… Dr Joosub Hajee Suliman Ebrahim, recipient of the Order for Meritorious Service Class 1: Gold from the … several other awards and medals, as well as a Doctor…
EventThe Cape Times appears for the first time
… The first issue of South Africa's first daily newspaper, The Cape Times, was … York St Leger as editor. It sold for the cheap price of a penny and has been…
EventThe second Matabele war breaks out
… The war broke out when a spiritual leader by the name of Mlimo convinced the Ndebele that the draught and a plague of locusts destroying croplands were as a…
EventA two-day All-in African Conference starts in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
… Natal. The conference called for a national convention of elected representatives of all adult men and women, regardless of race, colour or creed. The…
EventMoses Madiba dies in Seshego, Limpopo
… Madiba, author, educationist and first Black chancellor of the University of the North, died in Seshego, Pietersburg (now Polokwane) district. He was a…
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investigate the activities of South Africa…
EventPotgieter barters land from Chief Makwana
… Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter, one of the leaders of the Voortrekkers, obtained the territory between the Vet … Bataung captain, Makwana, in exchange…
ArchiveThe Shop Steward
… Photo of front page of magazine - The Shop Steward. Volume 1.1 June-July 1992. Photo of John Gomomo. COSATU Logo. List of contents. Photo of worker at desk…
ArchivePeople are stronger!
… black and white poster. Title in three languages. Artwork of a flag, and artwork of Salvador Allende, Martyr of Latin America, on top of a crowd of people…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… homes in the neighbourhood. Shareifa Davids, a member of the Heritage Day campaign, was forced to leave her home at … in 1968 and continued for twelve…